Instead of Asking "How was Your Day ?"
Oral Language is such an integral part of student learning. You can help support teachers in this area by simply speaking with your children about their day. Parents will often state that they have a difficult time obtaining information from their child about school. Here are a list of questions, along with a good website, that provide alternative questions to the one above:
What did you learn in Reader's Workshop?
What did you write about in Writer's Workshop?
Which center were you at for Literacy/Math today?
What did you choose to do during Free Choice Centers?
Who did you play with outside? What did you play?
What story did you read today?
Who did you talk to at lunch?
Did you have a problem today? How did you solve it?
What did you learn about counting today?
Who is the Star of the Week this week? What did you learn about ___?
Website:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-evans/25-ways-to-ask-your-kids-so-how-was-school-today-without-asking-them-so-how-was-school-today_b_5738338.html
"Reading and writing float on a sea of talk."
-James Britton
What did you learn in Reader's Workshop?
What did you write about in Writer's Workshop?
Which center were you at for Literacy/Math today?
What did you choose to do during Free Choice Centers?
Who did you play with outside? What did you play?
What story did you read today?
Who did you talk to at lunch?
Did you have a problem today? How did you solve it?
What did you learn about counting today?
Who is the Star of the Week this week? What did you learn about ___?
Website:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-evans/25-ways-to-ask-your-kids-so-how-was-school-today-without-asking-them-so-how-was-school-today_b_5738338.html
"Reading and writing float on a sea of talk."
-James Britton